What is Vercel? The Easiest Way to Put Your App on the Internet
Understand what Vercel does, why it pairs perfectly with Next.js, and how it turns your code into a live website.
You've built something on your computer. It works at localhost:3000. Now you want anyone on the internet to use it. That gap — between "works on my machine" and "works for the world" — used to require servers, configuration files, and a significant amount of infrastructure knowledge.
Vercel makes that gap disappear.
What Is Vercel?
Vercel is a hosting platform specifically designed for modern web applications. It takes your code from GitHub, builds it, and puts it on the internet — automatically.
The company that created Vercel is the same company that created Next.js. That's not a coincidence. Vercel and Next.js are designed to work together seamlessly. Every feature in Next.js has first-class support on Vercel, and many Next.js features were designed with Vercel's infrastru
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